Round 2, 1970
From Blueseum - History of the Carlton Football Club
| Venue: Kardinia Park | Date: Saturday April 11, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result: Win by 22 points | Umpire: P.Sheales | Crowd: 28,302 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Goalkickers: A.Jesaulenko 6, J.Nicholls 4, P.Jones 3, B.Walsh 1, B.Crosswell 1, I.Nicoll 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Best: A.Jesaulenko (BOG), B.Gill, T.Hopkins, W.Lofts, J.Nicholls, V.Waite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reports: Nil. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Injuries: D.McKay (concussion), B.Walsh (cramp), D.Munari (jarred knee). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The Cats led by 20 points late in the 3rd term but Jezza's got 2 late goals allowing the Blues the belief that victory was still eminently achievable and, in fact, they powered away in the last.
Jezza now had amassed 15 goals after 2 rounds.
Despite Carlton's success in this era, this team was one of Carlton's youngest ever teams, with an average age of 22 years, 216 days. The were playing 6 teenagers fro the second week in a row, who were Barry Armstrong, Brent Crosswell, Bruce Doull, Phil Pinnell, Robert Walls and Brian Walsh.
Team
| B: | 21 Barry Gill | 20 Wes Lofts (vc) | 30 Vin Waite |
| HB: | 15 Phil Pinnell | 43 David McKay | 3 Kevin Hall |
| C: | 7 Ted Hopkins | 12 Barry Armstrong | 4 Bruce Doull |
| HF: | 33 Paul Hurst | 42 Robert Walls (dvc) | 22 Neil Chandler |
| F: | 28 Peter Jones | 25 Alex Jesaulenko | 16 Brian Walsh |
| Ruck: | 2 John Nicholls (c) | 17 Brent Crosswell | 23 Ian Nicoll |
| Res: | 13 Bert Thornley | 8 Dennis Munari | |
| Coach: | Ron Barassi | ||
